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The Canadian Maritimes

Part 21: Peggys Cove

By Warner M. Montgomery, Ph.D.

WarnerM@ TheColumbiaStar.com

From Halifax, we drove 25 miles to Peggys Cove, a small fishing community on St. Margaret’s Bay which was discovered by Champlain in 1608 and named for his mother. The village was settled in the early 1800s by Germans who prospered by fishing, farming, and raising cattle.

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